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Melissa Mackenzie

Melissa Mackenzie is Publisher of The American Spectator. Melissa commentates for the BBC and has appeared on Fox. Her work has been featured at The Guardian, PJ Media, and was a front page contributor to RedState.Melissa commutes from Houston, Texas to Alexandria, VA. She lives in Houston with her two sons, one daughter, and two diva rescue cats.You can follow Ms. Mackenzie on Twitter: @MelissaTweets.
by | Jul 26, 2023

Hunter Biden and his attorneys blew up the plea deal he had arranged with Merrick Garland’s Department of Justice. Then the deal was back on. Now it’s off. The president is distancing himself: KARINE JEAN-PIERRE on Hunter Biden: “Hunter Biden…

by and | Jul 21, 2023

In this week’s episode of The Spectacle podcast, American Spectator publisher Melissa Mackenzie and contributing editor (and publisher of TheHayride.com and RVIVR.com) Scott McKay weigh in on a number of pressing topics — including the realization, illuminated by Tucker Carlson in his questions…

by and | Jul 14, 2023

In this episode of The Spectacle podcast, American Spectator publisher Melissa Mackenzie and American Spectator contributing editor (and publisher of TheHayride.com and RVIVR.com) Scott McKay discuss conservative news and commentary, starting with poor Jonah Hill and his ex. In the middle, we praise Joe Biden…

by | Jul 12, 2023

It didn’t seem possible that school could get more ridiculous than me as a fourth grader hiding under my desk with a three-inch-thick textbook on my head to protect my noggin from a tornado or nuclear fallout. Yet here we…

by | Jul 7, 2023

Confession: I chestfed my baby. Chestfeeding is a real thing. When my very premature babies were born at 24.5 weeks gestation weighing 750 and 810 grams respectively, they were intubated because they could not breath on their own. On day…

by and | Jul 6, 2023

PJ Media’s Matt Margolis joins American Spectator publisher Melissa Mackenzie and American Spectator contributing editor (and publisher of TheHayride.com and RVIVR.com) Scott McKay for this edition of The Spectacle podcast to talk about some of the fantastic coverage he’s provided of the steady stream of…

by and | Jun 30, 2023

In this week’s episode of The Spectacle podcast, American Spectator publisher Melissa Mackenzie and American Spectator contributing editor (and publisher of TheHayride.com and RVIVR.com) Scott McKay bring the heat from Texas and Louisiana. They discuss the Russia enigma, Biden’s bad parenting, how this might…

by and | Jun 22, 2023

The legendary longtime American Spectator contributor Jeffrey Lord joins American Spectator contributing editor (and publisher of TheHayride.com and RVIVR.com) Scott McKay in this edition of The Spectacle podcast, as The American Spectator’s publisher, Melissa Mackenzie, is off this week. Scott and Jeff digest…

by and | Jun 15, 2023

You might not look at pictures of the bizarre debauchery that was the Pride Month celebration at the White House earlier this week and immediately think of barbarians on horseback sacking a medieval village, but this week’s Spectacle podcast will…

by and | Jun 8, 2023

This week on The Spectacle podcast, Target, Bud Light, Lululemon, and other woke businesses are facing total collapse. Melissa Mackenzie (publisher of The American Spectator) and Scott McKay (American Spectator contributing editor and publisher of both RVIVR.com and TheHayride.com) discuss the enduring rebellion of Americans against…

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